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"Vertically" launching/recovering mobile suits? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by Zonetrooper@lemmy.world to c/gundam@ani.social
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Most warships we see launch mobile suits "horizontally" (i.e., in the direction the suit would faces when standing).

I'm curious if we've ever seen a mobile suit launch "vertically" (i.e., 'head" or "feet" first)? Obviously this wouldn't work for any earth-bound warships, but for spacegoing ones it'd be fine. In theory, this would allow vulnerable catapult doors to be far smaller launching "face-forward".

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[–] Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks! I remembered that Zeon ships were noted to store their suits in whatever orientation was most efficient (since gravity wasn't a concern) while the Earthnoid-built Federation ships mostly stored them "upright" relative to atmospheric operation. I'd forgotten that 0083 had them launching like that as well.

I also take your point about accuracy, but ships being attacked at very short range also seems to be a fairly common thing. Seems to be at least once a series a suit gets no more than a few hundred meters from a ship, sometimes even straight into boarding/melee range.